Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/willjakwemō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wiljakwemô.

Noun

*willjakwemō m

a wished-for guest or arrival

Descendants

Old English: wilcuma, wilcume
- Middle English: welcome, wolcume, wulcume, wilcume
  - Scots: walcome
  - English: welcome
    - → Tok Pisin: welkam
    - → Pitcairn-Norfolk: welkam
- ⇒ Old English: wilcumian, wylcumian, wellcumian (verb)
  - Middle English: wilcumen, wolcumen, welcomen
    - English: welcome
    - Scots: welcum, welcom, wellcom, willcom
  - ⇒ Old English: ġewilcumian
Old Frisian: *wilkuma
- Saterland Frisian: wilkemen, wülkemen, wäilkúmen
- West Frisian: wolkom
Old Saxon: *willikumo
- Middle Low German: willekome, wilkome, willekom
  - ⇒ Middle Low German: willekomen, willekōmen (verb)
    - ⇒ Middle Low German: willekōmen, wolkōmen (past participle, adjective)
      - German Low German: willkomen
      - → Old Norse: velkominn (adjective)
        Icelandic: velkominn
        
        Faroese: vælkomin
        
        Norwegian:
        Norwegian Bokmål: velkommen
        
        Norwegian Nynorsk: velkomen, velkommen
        
        Old Swedish: vælkomin
        Swedish: välkommen
        
        Danish: velkommen
Old Dutch: *willikumo
- Middle Dutch: willecome, wellecome, welcome
  - Dutch: welkom
    - Afrikaans: welkom
  - Limburgish: welkom, wilkóm
  - → Old French: willecome, willecomme, wilecome
    - Middle French: willecomme (adjective, interjection)
    - ⇒ Old French: willecomer, wilecomer (verb)
      - Middle French: welcumer, welcomer, welcomier (verb)
Old High German: willikwemo, williquemo, willikomo, willechomen
- Middle High German: willekomen
  - Alemannic German: wéllkòmm, wol chomne, wolgcheemen, woul chemne
  - Cimbrian: bóolkhèmm
  - German: willkommen
  - Luxembourgish: wëllkëmm
→ Vulgar Latin: *bene venītus, *bene venūtus (calque) (see there for further descendants)